Alex MacKenzie
| Alex MacKenzie | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Alexander George Greig MacKenzie | ||
| Nickname(s) | Roody | ||
| Date of birth | 13 January 1882 | ||
| Place of birth | West Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 24 May 1947 (aged 65) | ||
| Place of death | East Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Williamstown (VFA) | ||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1903–1906 | Williamstown (VFA) | 38 (10) | |
| 1907–1909 | North Melbourne (VFA) | 34 (1) | |
| 1909–1910 | Williamstown (VFA) | 26 (1) | |
| 1911–1912 | St Kilda (VFL) | 11 (1) | |
| Total | 109 (13) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Alexander George Greig MacKenzie (13 January 1882 – 24 May 1947) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
[edit]The son of William George McKenzie, and Marian McKenzie, née MacKenzie, Alexander George Greig MacKenzie (a.k.a. "M'Kenzie" and as "McKenzie") was born at West Melbourne, Victoria on 13 January 1882.[2]
He married Ethel Cecil Maude Richardson (1884–1912) in 1903.[3][4] They had five children, one of whom did not survive his infancy.
He married his second wife, Jessie Celica Hamilton, née Ewin (1889–1956) in 1927.[5][6]
Football
[edit]Williamstown (VFA)
[edit]He played his first game for Williamstown against North Melbourne on 1 August 1903.[7]
North Melbourne (VFA)
[edit]He was cleared from Williamstown (identified as "A. M'Kenzie") to North Melbourne on 1 May 1907.[8]
Williamstown (VFA)
[edit]He was cleared from North Melbourne back to Williamstown in June 1909.[9][10]
St Kilda (VFL)
[edit]He was cleared from Williamstown to St Kilda in May 1911.[11]
Military service
[edit]MacKenzie served in the Australian Army during World War I. He suffered a gunshot wound to his chest and back in fierce fighting near Ypres, Belgium in October 1917,[12] and was repatriated to Australia on the HMAT "Osterley" in April 1918.
Death
[edit]He died at his residence in East Melbourne, Victoria on 24 May 1947.[13]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 538.
- ^ Births Death and Marriages Victoria Birth Registration No.4032/1882.
- ^ Births Death and Marriages Marriage Registration No.3244/1903.
- ^ Deaths: MacKenzie, The Argus, (Friday, 11 October 1912), p. 1.
- ^ Births Death and Marriages Marriage Registration No.9074/1927.
- ^ Births Death and Marriages Death Registration No.1557/1956.
- ^ The Association: W'mstown v. North Melb., The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 1 August 1903), p. 4.
- ^ Permits Granted, The Williamstown Chronicle, (Saturday, 4 May 1907), p. 3.
- ^ "Alick McKenzie's application to play for Williamstown, on the grounds of residence, was referred back to the North Melbourne club for a clearance. The case comes on again for hearing next Wednesday evening" (Football Notes, The Williamstown Chronicle, (Saturday 29 May 1909), p. 3.
- ^ "Alick ("Roody") McKenzie, a former 'Town player is returning to the club, having left the North Melbourne team." (Football Notes, The Williamstown Chronicle, (Saturday 5 June 1909), p. 3.
- ^ Club Notes, The Argus, (Friday, 26 May 1911), p. 4.
- ^ Cullen (2015), p. 173.
- ^ Deaths: MacKenzie, The Age, (Monday, 26 May 1947), p. 10.
References
[edit]- Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than Football: League Players at War. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. ISBN 978-0-9923791-4-8.
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: Every AFL/VFL Player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- World War One Embarkation Roll: Private Alexander George Greig McKenzie (sic) (4491), Australian War Memorial.
- World War One Nominal Roll: Lance Corporal Alexander George Greig MacKenzie (4491), Australian War Memorial.
- Australian Casualties: Lists Nos. 356 and 357: Victoria: Wounded: "A.G.G. Mckenzie (sic), North Williamstown (dang.)", The Argus, (Monday, 26 November 1917), p. 4.
- World War One Service Record: Lance Corporal Alexander George Greig MacKenzie (4491), National Archives of Australia.
External links
[edit]- Alex MacKenzie's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Alex MacKenzie at AustralianFootball.com
- Alick McKenzie, at The VFA Project.
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